We Built the Tracker We Wish Existed When We Were Waiting for Our R1s
People were reading website source code to find out when their Rivian was coming. Forum signatures listed Guide contact dates like they were military service records. We are not doing that again for the R2. The Rivian R2 Delivery Tracker is live.
Two Batteries, One Hitch, and the Case for All-Electric Glamping
The Lightship AE1 carries its own 69 kWh battery and 80 kW motor to neutralize trailer drag on the tow vehicle. Paired with a Rivian, the real-world efficiency numbers are hard to argue with. This is what all-electric glamping looks like when the hardware actually works.
Atlanta, Rivian, and the Quiet Coincidence
Atlanta has a failing air quality grade and a Rivian plant on its doorstep. A hypothetical about what one city could do with the electric mobility infrastructure that already exists, and what the health data says the stakes actually are.
Rivian's Board Isn't Paying for Stock Price. They're Paying to Keep the Operator.
RJ Scaringe earned $403 million in 2025 while Rivian lost $3.6 billion. That contradiction deserves to be looked at honestly. So does the case for why the board wrote the check anyway.
The Licensing Business Nobody Saw Coming
Rivian's $5.8 billion deal with Volkswagen has been treated as a one-off. I don't think it is. I see it as the first proof point in a second business Rivian has been quietly building for years, and the next twelve months will show whether it works.
Adversity Is Part of the Rivian Story
A storm tore into the Normal plant on Friday night. If you have followed this company for any length of time, you already know how this goes. A look at the pattern of what Rivian has built through, and why the R2 will get built too.
The Machines That Dig Up Your EV Battery Are Going Electric. Here's Why That Changes Everything.
Mining burns staggering amounts of diesel. Now the industry is electrifying its own equipment, and the result is a feedback loop that makes the entire EV supply chain cleaner from the ground up. Here are the numbers.
You Already Know More About EVs Than You Think. Here's a Translation Guide.
EV jargon sounds intimidating until you realize it is just the same car stuff with different names. kWh is your fuel tank. kW is how fast the pump flows. Phantom drain is your porch light. Here is the plain-English translation guide nobody wrote for you.
The Oil Change Economy: What Maintenance Really Costs Over 100,000 Miles
Everyone knows EVs cost less to maintain. Almost no one has run the full ledger. Oil changes, brake jobs, transmission flushes, spark plugs. Line by line, over 100,000 miles, with real prices you can check yourself.
EVs Won't Stop the Carbon Clock. But Here's How Much Time They Buy.
The remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C is nearly gone. Three EV adoption scenarios and what each one actually buys us. Including the part most analyses quietly leave out.
Gas Car vs. EV: Total Lifetime CO2 Emissions, Every Tonne Counted
Every gas car carries a lifetime CO2 commitment that never appears on a window sticker. A full cradle-to-scrapyard comparison of what both vehicles actually emit, when an EV breaks even on its manufacturing carbon debt, and what the gap adds up to over 15 years.
Not a Feed. Not an Algorithm. A Person.
For the last ten years, I have been the car guy in my friend group. Now I do the same thing for the entire internet. Here is why, how I decide what makes the cut, and the EV and energy creators worth your attention in 2026.
Rivian and the Stakeholder
Before Rivian's IPO in 2021, RJ Scaringe set aside one percent of the company's equity and said the natural world would be a stakeholder in their success. Here is what that has come to mean.
Your Gas Tank Is a Space Heater That Occasionally Moves a Car
About 80 percent of the fuel you put in your tank never moves the car. It turns into heat. A look at where that energy actually goes, what it costs over a full year, and why the "EVs run on coal" rebuttal is shakier than most people think.
EVs Catch Fire 60 Times Less Often Than Gas Cars. Here Is the Data.
The viral videos are real. The math behind them is not. A data-driven comparison of EV vs. ICE fire rates across five countries, plus the legitimate counterarguments every honest analysis has to include.
The Charging Time Argument Is Built on a Math Problem. Here Is the Math.
Everyone says EVs take too long to charge. Almost no one has done the annual math. We did - fairly, with sourced data, and the result is not what most people expect.
You'll Fall for the Rivian R2's Features and Price. You'll Stay for Its People and Culture.
A former R1T owner makes the case that the Rivian R2 is the most compelling new EV in three years and the moment Rivian has been building toward since day one.
Charging Forward: How States Are Solving the EV Apartment Problem
About 80% of all EV charging happens at home. Roughly 44 million American households are renters. For years this tension has been called a dealbreaker. A growing number of states are already proving it isn't.
